Flood Broadcast Caused Alarm
Lismore Police said last night that an A.B.C. broadcast on the State of the flood waters at Lismore and Coraki on the 7 o'clock news on…
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Floods & storms, 1949
389 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 20
10,000 Acres Inundated Floodwaters Spread Over Mid R'mond
Yesterday about 10,000 acres of rich farm land and crops were covered by flood waters in the MidRichmond area. Damage is estimated at thousands of pounds…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Three men reached Thargomindah today after wading 17 miles in the nude through floodwaters. They kept their clothes in a car tube raft,…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: There is still danger of flooding in Cunnamulla tonight. Police said the Warrego River flowing through…
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LISMORE, Tuesday: With brighter conditions and the height of the river gradually falling today, residents in…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—When the flooded Warrego River breaks its banks at Cunnamulla, nearly 100 people in the lowlying portion of…
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CORAKI, Tuesday.—Flooding of farms in the Mid-Richmond continued throughout last night and today. Although the river was receding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Bitter At Flood Cause (By a Staff Reporter.)
Bitterness towards the State Government for its refusal to include repair work on damaged levee banks in its flood damage programme was expressed by residents of the Bungawalbyn-Swan Bay area I…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Miners at East Mount Painter—Australia's only uranium fields—are marooned in their mountainside tents…
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CAIRNS, Wednesday.—Cairns experienced its worst flooding today since the 1927 cyclone. Three hundred and seventy-four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Thursday. March 31, 1949. Red Tape Delays Flood Mitigation
THE EXTENSIVE flooding of Lower River farmlands during the past week in what, on ordinary Richmond…
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CORAKI, Wednesday. — Water in the lower reaches of the Richmond River fell rapidly this afternoon and outlet drains from farm lands began to carry, off the flood water which had been flowing on to…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—Torrential rain on the north coast of Queensland between Car dwell and Cairns in the last 24 hours has…
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CORAKI, Thursday.—Flood waters fell only slightly in the Mid-Richmond District today. The main road from Lismore to…
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Sir,—In your columns on Wednesday it was reported that farmers were bitter towards the Government for the fact that the…
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Sir.—I note in your issue of March 29 a statement attributed to the Lismore Police that an A.B.C. broadcast on the state of the flood…
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CORAKI: Flood waters, are still draining off a large area of the Mid-Richmond, and outlet drains have been running to capacity for five days. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Northern Star Friday, April 8, 1949. Flood Control Defeatism
IF THE PRESIDENT of Woodburn Shire Council (Cr. C. S. Middleton) has interpreted the minds of the State Flood…
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It seemed that the Commonwealth Government had shown more concern for Poland than it had for the farmers who suffered distress in the flood last June, said Mr. H. L. Anthony, in Lismore yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales Batter Europe 12 Killed And Scores Injured
LONDON, Sunday: Twelve people have been killed and scores injured in gales which are sweeping…
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